[国际新闻] 《时代》25页篇幅认错：回归没令香港死亡

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美国权威杂志《财富》（《Fortune》）于1995年一度预言，回归将令香港死亡。但回归十年后，最新出版的《时代》周刊，终在十三年后为此言论来了个迟来的大平反，不仅承认其姊妹杂志《财富》当年报道错误，更直认香港比从前更有活力。www.csuchen.de6 Z/ q/ V1 `, Q' z% E1 P
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　　最新出版的《时代》周刊，以25页的篇幅探讨回归十年香港的变化，并以“阳光灿烂中见阴霾（Sunshine with Clouds）”为点题。对于《财富》杂志当年惊世的《香港之死》报道，《时代》坦诚认错，承认姊妹杂志完全是“错误地”及“差劣地”作出推测。《时代》解释香港过去十年经历金融风暴、禽流感、SARS、市民为基本法廿三条上街示威等……当世人以为香港贵为福地的气数已尽，香港却一一熬过来。人在德国 社区, O' m, q" U/ M- [+ G: K- [

: a9 [/ D$ @  A# p; ~; s　　离回归十周年尚余三个星期，《时代》指出香港近期的股市屡创新高，物业格价亦稳步上扬，正值阳光灿烂时，不过晴空之中却有阴霾：香港前景仍受许多不明朗因素影响。, _" Q9 B7 T1 r2 s: |$ C' b
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/ T. k- q& U$ i  mJuly 1, 1997: After 156 years of British rule, China resumes sovereignty over Hong Kong.6 B6 X: R0 }5 O6 {3 f9 w8 o

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5 M7 S# m- X% P0 h9 m* d% q3 S% CMarch 10, 2005: After weeks of rumors, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa abruptly resigns, citing his declining health. www.csuchen.de; I' Q& \4 |9 @: k

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On July 1, 1997, as Hong Kong waved goodbye to its colonial rulers on board the HMS Britannia, pessimists predicted the city's expatriate professionals would follow. ' v0 y) G7 G" t* ^) |* Z9 e$ {

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Jittery about political crackdowns and economic slowdown, thousands of Hong Kong residents left town in the years before the handover. - Q1 z. y# `9 T! J- N
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　　《时代》分析，香港人仍在身份认同及定位上感到迷失。港人对祖国又敬又怕，进而希望争取民主独立，这种心态却令政策陷于胶着状态。保守派与民主派的对立，造成政治麻痹：上至经济下至污染的议题，双方都不愿妥协。人在德国 社区9 L/ r6 C0 T8 e: J( f" c$ p% e
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　　《时代》称，港人在争取民主方面的想法过于“实际”。有权投票选行政长官的八百名选委，大部分来自商界，他们普遍认为普选特首会引入平民领导人、令香港变成福利社会；另一方面又怕惹怒中央，影响自身利益。7 ]8 f( X2 m; b+ ?8 M5 j
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* _  f9 N2 \, b/ Q4 z( l; z0 @www.csuchen.deA 1995 Fortune magazine article famously predicted the "Death of Hong Kong" following the handover, prophesying that PLA soldiers would be a visible, ominous presence on Hong Kong's streets. * O# a; y6 E, ?/ Y- V3 }

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7 x1 H! ^! B4 m* Qwww.csuchen.deVictoria Park. Queen's Pier. Stanley. While many symbols of British rule vanished overnight after the handover — teams of workmen removed the royal seal from post offices, police stations and institutions like the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club — Hong Kong's colonial place names endure.
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Milton Friedman, the late Nobel Prize-winning economist, predicted that within two years of the handover China would introduce capital controls and replace the territory's currency. Wrong. 5 B& Y6 }$ j& p. R' m
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! m: n3 V  H0 T: [With its black robes and horsehair wigs, Hong Kong's court system is an obvious inheritance from Britain. Little has changed since the handover.: A* l0 u4 |5 o3 p. A$ R0 S7 L- b; b

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( h0 a4 Z6 ?" m人在德国 社区Hong Kong made itself fabulously wealthy by acting as the lone conduit between China and the world, funneling goods and investment in both directions. , U7 `# V0 k$ m, Z# V
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Contrary to dire predictions, Hong Kong hasn't yet lost its economic edge to cheaper cities on the mainland or to cleaner, more orderly Singapore.